Space Center Houston is the Official Visitors Center of NASA's Johnson Space Center, which is the home of astronaut training and Mission Control. We are a separate 501(c)(3) organization, not a government agency.

Space Center Houston is the Official Visitors Center of NASA's Johnson Space Center, which is the home of astronaut training and Mission Control. We are a separate 501(c)(3) organization, not a government agency.

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Space Center Houston staff has decked out a pair of medical scrubs as a participant in MedVance Institute’s “Scrubs for a Cause” event. The decorated scrubs will be on display at the MedVance Institute one-year anniversary party on Thursday, May 21 located at 450 N. Sam Houston Parkway. The scrubs will be voted on by [...]

Nickelodeon’s ParentsConnect, the online resource for parenting advice and community, is allowing parents to pick the best of their local communities with its Second Annual Parents’ Picks Awards. Space Center Houston is one of Houston’s nominees. Users can vote online for nominees May 15 until July 15, and ParentsConnect will announce the winners online on [...]

NASA’s Expedition 18 Crew aboard the International Space Station took this photo of Houston last night as it flew over the JSC area around 6:55 p.m. This is what we look like from space! Not only can the ISS see us, but we can see the ISS. If you didn’t catch the ISS last night, [...]

Rev up your engines and get ready to “launch” into the extraordinary with exciting new thrills you will only discover through a Space Center Houston field trip! Experience exciting new exhibts and features dedicated only to educators and their students! Book your fantastic field trip today!

Calling all Facebook fans! We want to give you the chance to win 5 entire years of FREE admission to SCH to celebrate NASA’s 50th Anniversary! All you have to do is become a fan of our new Facebook page, then simply Email us at blog@spacecenter.org with the subject line “Fan Contest”, along with your [...]

Space Center Houston is proud to be nominated for the best museum in Houston by KPRC’s Houston’s Best Contest. Please log on here and vote for us and help us reach for the stars as #1 in the Best Museum Category. Voting ends February 27, 2009. Thank you and happy voting!!

We appreciate all of our guests here at Space Center Houston! This blog is from SCH fan Rhea Thomas and her family having a “blast”!! Don’t forget, you can always email us YOUR great guest experiences with photos, videos and comments to blog@spacecenter.org!!–Kat, SCH Team Member Blog by Space Center Houston Guest Rhea Thomas. The [...]

‘Space rose’ adds New Year’s parade to its 5.3 million mile journey (article from collectspace.com) The rose more traveled: a “Tournament of Roses” rose floats in Earth orbit. It will next be on a New Year’s parade float. (NASA) December 31, 2008 — On New Year’s Day in Pasadena, California, among the hundreds of thousands [...]

UPDATE! latest photoS as the Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its way over SCH to say hello!! check it out!! photo just taken by Space Center Houston Staff at 12:20pm Dec.11! HIstory! Special Message from the Shuttle Program Manager: ON Dasher, on Dancer, on Prancer, ON ENDEAVOUR! Even though it snowed last night in Houston, Santa [...]